Des Moines police are investigating a shooting that sent one man to the hospital early Saturday.

Police say the shooting happened around 3:45 a.m. on the 2500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. They believe it happened at a nearby bar just north of the QuikTrip convenient store near Hickman Road.

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Police say they were responding to reports of gunfire when they attempted to pull over a vehicle that fled the scene. Police report they followed the vehicle to a nearby hospital and that's when officers found a man with a gunshot wound.

Authorities say they are now looking for the shooter, who is described as a black male around 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet tall. They say he was last seen wearing all dark clothing.